The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-13

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modern fiction. He IL described a. one OF the
last Of those workers In metals who once
| sent their masterpieces from Rome to the
| great csthedrals OF the world; one OF the
last OF the artistic descendants OF Benvenuto
| CellinL. whom no resembles closely In
natural irritabillty and pugnacity: one Of
those men OF rare talent who unite the Inn
agination OF the artist With the executive skin
sof the practised workman. He works almost
| exclusively upon crucinxes. chsiices. evers. and
other articles OF ecclesiastical uaage. and yet
hates or imaeines he hates. religion. tho
existing social order. and tho account lation Of
wealth by others. although possessed OF con.
siderable means OF his own acquired In tho
prosecution OF HIS art which he looks after
with careful eye. But most OF all he hates
his brother tho priest. blanieless man. to
whom also no 10 indebted for most Of tho
emoluments which hsvo rewarded his
artistic lnbors. His domestic rotations are
happy. his life is prosperous, and yet he
appears 10 be tho most cantankerous
OF men. This may be explained. perhaps. by
tho struggle between the acute sensibility Of
tho artist and the extreme radical ideas which.
within q comparatively brief period. have
flooded q country little prepared to receive
them. Mario had fondIy hoped to convert his
fayorite apprentice. Gisnbsttieta Bordosni. his
daughter. 70 whom the latter was betrothed,
and bis wife TO bis social and sRnostic opinions:
but the influence 81 Don Faolo had prevented
this contamination. aud theneeforth his hatred
Of bis brother becomes so intensified that he
seriously neditates has murder. The mentsl
struggle by which he overcomes this tempta-
ton. his subsequent remorse and reconciliation
with the priest, are described with admirable
skill aud pathos. Maria Tulsa. Marzios wife,
his daughter Lucia. and Gianbattista. though
less important characters in the drama are
clearly and forciby drawn 1t is q story which
will rank with Mr.. Crawford's best work.
We have received from the Putnams "Reei.
maid Pole. Cardinal Archbishop Of Canter-
bury. an Historical Sketch" by Frederic
George Lee d. D.. priest OF the Church Of
England. who hos for many years been vicar
of All Saints, Lambeth. Ten years ago DR..
Leo prominently identified himself with a
handful OF extreme Anglican clergymen, who
have ever since been striving to obtain q
Corporate Reunion" of the Anglican Church
with that OF Rome-a result about as likely to
be reached as the conversion OF the inhabi-
tants Of New Hampshire to Islamism. AL.
though their efforts have met with little en-.
couragement either in England or In Rome,
they have by no means faltered In their purpose.
and the work before US represents their latest
method Of attack upon the Church In which
they received their orders. and Of which they
are still beneAced CLERGY. Cardinal Pole, . tol-
Grant and comparatively merciful man. in .
time when tolerance and mercy were not the
common attributes Of ecclesiastics. attempted
much the same work during the reign Of Mary
Tudor. he felt In . measure the influence Of
the Reformation. leaned toward the doctrine OF
justification by faith. and was ranked as an
Evangelical Catholic" But he died. notwith-
standing. in Disgrace with the Papacy . few
hours after Queen Mary. and upon the aeces.
sion OF Elizabeth his labors went for almost
less than naught Fruitless, however as these
were. they have afforded q pretext for the
preparation OF the present volume. which, In
many respects, may be considered literary
curiosity. The author seems to have been
born several centuries too late. He regrets that
heresy cannot be regarded now, as 1t always
has been. in every well-ordered Christian
nation, not only as an offence against religion.
but as Q crime against the State" Rebellion
he finds to be tho direct outcome ofthe policy
Of Protestants." and the principles OF Prot
both in religion and politics. In the
long run. unauestionably tend toward. and
lead up to, individualism and atheism" 10y
atty to the Church Of England. just as belief in
the Same is an impossibility. is demanded OF
nome" Queen Elizabeth Is described as -
would bring devastating plague upon the
State and Astounding and abiding disaster to
true religion" As q sort Of parting shot he
calls the evening celebration OF the sacra.
ment Of the Lords supper "profane ORGY"
This sort Of talk is hardly conducive
toward the attainment Of corporate re-
union; but even could he have been
content to express himself in language
less violent or indecent, he would ind that hs
had titled barren fold. The fact that an
Anglican divine can discredit his Church and
her history In such terms as We have quoted.
while living upon her bounty and apparently
Eehd1 ~! 3S 0nedeaoe 70 hSE iosm1i@ n not ut Al
30 does not leave an organization which he
and almost execrates. The reason
session Of q comfortable living and intends to
keop #. Coming from an. optspoken and
England, this work would provoke no special
but ss the production Of one of her
vi NH I I'D fahn